Trump Gets Mocked on Twitter for Saying ‘Look at My African-American Over Here!’

When Donald Trump pointed to an African-American at a rally in California earlier today, he uttered a rather curious line that earned him quite a bit of Twitter mockery:

.@RealDonaldTrump: "Look at my African-American over here" pic.twitter.com/IYFKTf5TlK

— POLITICO (@politico) June 3, 2016

“Look at my African-American over here! Look at him! Are you the greatest?”

Clearly Trump was just giving someone a shoutout, but to quote the great philosopher Sterling Archer, um… phrasing:

@alivitali He has lost his mind… or maybe he really doesn't want to be President. Think about it.

— Gordon Preece (@gordonpreece) June 3, 2016

@alivitali I've been saying that Drumpf is devolving into some paranoia and is probably clinically insane. He is losing it.

— America:AlreadyGreat (@Sensata2014) June 3, 2016

@JohnJHarwood what an asshat Trump is. Did he invite him home to polish the silver?

— sgtwheels (@Sgtwheels) June 3, 2016

@JohnJHarwood Think he may have taken the wrong message away from the new "Roots" series?

— Cyrus Garrett (@WCyrusGarrett) June 3, 2016

@JDiamond1 @Chet_G Hope he pointed back and said "Look at my large orange dolt…look at him!"

— John Lurie (@lurie_john) June 3, 2016

@jdiamond1 @jbarro did this actually fucking happen or is this satire? MY african American? HOLY FUCK.

— David (@dgafterdark) June 3, 2016

@JDiamond1 You could not make this shit up

— kim oconnor (@kimoco) June 3, 2016

Even a member of Team Clinton got in on it:

Trump: "look at my African American over here … Look at him!"
People, we cannot let this man become president!

— Karen Finney (@finneyk) June 3, 2016

[image via screengrab]

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